Tax plans loom as Senate weighs 1951 excess profits bill
The Senate Finance Committee, reviewing President Truman's tax agenda, ordered staff studies on a 1951 excess profits levy and new revenue options. Proposals include a national sales tax and a broad transaction levy while considering extending an excess profits tax to individuals to shield fixed incomes from higher rates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance
George
D-Ga
Hoey
D-Nc
Finance Committee
Truman
Senate
House
Congress
Boston
Quake Rattles Rotorua Seismograph Reports From Asia Pacific
An AP dispatch notes a severe earthquake quake at 9 45 p m in Rotorua New Zealand rattling windows over a wide area. Two milder tremors preceded it and scientists in Boston and Harvard offered location estimates ranging from Turkey area to the South Pacific. A Marquette seismograph and Father Carroll reported ongoing intense activity for over two hours with instruments showing dizzy needle movement before fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Auckland
N.Z
Rotorua
New Zealand
Turkey
South Pacific
Boston College Seismongraph
Weston
Boston
Daniel Linehan
Caspian Sea
Philip R. Berger
Harvard University
Inio
Harvard
Mass
Joseph Carrol
S. J
Marquette University
Pather Carroll
Logan Draft Board Calls Forty For Beckley Exams
Logan County Draft Board No Nine called up 40 more men today to take physical examinations at Beckley on August 24. It was the third call of the month bringing the total alerted for possible active duty to 139.
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Logan
Beckley
Associated Press
Logan County
Weather forecast for Virginia and nearby region
Extended outlook for August 16 to 20 shows temperatures two to three degrees above normal. North and western areas warm with scattered showers midweek, cooler Friday, then warmer again by Sunday. Rainfall expected one quarter to one half inch. River conditions: Greenbrier normal and slightly murky, Bluestone Reservoir normal and clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Homefront Casualties and Local Tragedies Across Kanawha
Several West Virginia incidents report deaths from railway accidents and self harm. William Rowe, 30, found near Pond Creek after being struck by a train while at a veterans hospital. Edward Persinger, 30, of Raymond City, died from injuries after being struck by a train car near South Charleston. Herbert McCombs, 23, Cedar Grove, missing since August 6, found near his home. coroner ruled death by self action after a belt suspension from a tree. Ralph Burns, 44, Fairmont area, found in a farm outbuilding. coroner ruled death by self action amid domestic troubles.
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The
Assnacimer Press
Williamson
Alex Rowe
Pond Creek
Norfolk and Western Railway
Rowe
Charleston
Edward H. Persinger
Raymond City
Poca
South Charleston
Persinger
Monsanto Chemical Company
Herbert Lee McCombs
Cedar Grove
Robert Bass
Kanawha
Goff Lilly
Ralph
Burns
Fairmont
Marion County
D. E. Kidd
Kidd
Weekend toll climbs to thirteen in state crashes
The state reports thirteen fatalities from weekend accidents. In Charleston, Orvie Boggess, 41, of Sigsonville died in a crash on U.S. Route 2 near Charleston after being critically injured Sunday morning. Two other young men, Leo Gaines, 21, of Charleston, and O Dell Boothe, 7, of Logan, also died. Two infant children playing near a private driveway in Rachel, Marion County, were killed. Stanley Lapinski, 2, of Rachel, and George Fletcher Jr., 2, of Mannington, died after their vehicle arrived at a hospital dead on arrival. Nine weekend deaths were traffic related. Fort Knox, Kentucky reports PFC Robert King, 21, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, recovering from a skull fracture suffered in an automobile accident Saturday.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Orvie Herman Boggess
Sigsonville
U.S
Mayor O'Dwyer to resign to become Mexico ambassador
White House announced President Truman will nominate William O'Dwyer of New York City as ambassador to Mexico. O'Dwyer will resign as mayor around September, triggering a New York mayoral election this fall.
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Associated Press
Washington
White
Mexico City
O'Dwyer
Walter ‘Thurston
Ross
Thurston
New York
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Reds Peace Rally Ends in Fisticuffs
A Korean Red peaceful rally exploded into a mass fight near Kobe Okayama as about 300 police clashed with 700 Koreans in defiance of a police ban on demonstrations. Eighteen police were hospitalized, five people arrested, with similar Kobe protests earlier showing no violence.
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Associated To
Tokyo
Okayama
Kobe
I Dared Defy John L Lewis and Kept Men at Work
Canton Ills miners faced a long strike over the willing and able clause with John L Lewis. A court order halted the strike and ordered miners back to work while union leadership faced scrutiny over control of welfare funds. The reporter describes the shock and tension as the district saw a potential return to mining amid contested leadership and law.
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Canton
Ill
John K. Lewis
UMW
FA Pr
Lloyd H. Sidener
Aliance Canton
John Lewis
Carlton
Lewis
Pension and Welfare Fund
TNE
Wea
Welfare and Pension Fund
Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers
Bernard J. Beasley
John Lis
John I. Feshad
John L. Lewis
Washington
United States
Defeat predictions scorned by Taft and Lucas leaders
Washington reports reject Louis Bean forecast that Senators Taft and Lucas would lose in November. Analysts dismiss multiple GOP and Dem seats as uncertain, noting Korean War impact and primary outcomes. Taft and Lucas respond by accusing Bean of sensationalism and seeking headlines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louis H. Bean
Taft
Ohio
Lucas
Ill
Bean
McMahon
Benton
Connecticut
Myers
Pennsylvania
McCarran
Nevada
Taylor
Didaho
Donnell
Missouri
Millikin
Colorado
Joseph Ferguson
Economist
Mann Waives to Jury in Beckley Court
James T. Mann of Beckley waives jury in Raleigh County court. He faces a peace warrant charge and was fined five dollars after pleading guilty. Hezekah Reeses of East Park pleaded guilty to a related peace warrant offense and was jailed for failure to post bond sworn by his wife Clara Reeses.
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Hears Mann
Beck
Abe
Beckley
Gnaick Tee Seay
Clara Reeses
Princess Elizabeth Gives Birth to Daughter in Royal Household
Princess Elizabeth has a daughter, third in line to the British throne, joining 21 month old Prince Charles. King George VI was informed from Balmoral as U S Air Force units in Britain paused flights to honor the birth, a gesture praised by the British press.
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Associated Press
London
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
George VI
Scotland
Balmoral Castle
United States Air Force
Britain
Clarence Mouse
Eas
England
Meeting of Carpenters' Union Set Thursday
Carpenters' Union No. 1H calls a special meeting for Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the criminal courtroom of the courthouse to plan aiding Raleigh County Centennial celebrations after a session with the centennial executive committee led by President Ray L. Martin.
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Carpenters’ Union No. 1H
Raleigh County
Ray L. Martin
Moose Lodge Manager Arrested Over Liquor Sale charges
Huntington Sidney Crown Moose Lodge manager was arrested on illegal possession and sale of whisky. He faces arraignment before Police Judge George Wallace on Aug 24. Officers said a suspect posted bond and four bonds were posted.
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SY Ome
Evs
Longshoremen Fight Russian Cargo On British Liner Parthia
New York AFL longshoremen refuse to unload 80 tons of Russian canned crab meat worth about 250000 aboard the British liner Parthia. They threaten to block the cargo as protest over the Korean War. Daniel J Donovan of the ILA Boston calls for solid action while UK officials note Russia insisted Britain take the cargo under a trade deal.
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Associated Press
New York
AFL
Russia
Boston
Loniarean
Daniel J. Donovan
International Longshoremen’sAssociation
United Kingdom
Britain
Antecia
Frank Kerins
ILA
Sean
Rail Yard and Oil Refinery Knocked Out by Jet Planes
American jets and light bombers hit North Korean targets along the battle front with “excellent results.” FEAF reported destruction of the Wonsan oil refinery as a major strategic target for B-29s, with east coast facilities said to be almost completely destroyed and inoperative.
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Kelman Morinap
Tokyo
Naktong
Changnyong
MacArthur
Tae' = gu
South Korea
Korea
Japan
Chongyong
U.S
Nakiong
Chansayanyg
River
Wuter- Villas
Masuti
Taegu
South Republic
Gwan
Ned
Nard
Waegwan Area
Little Cassino
Masan
Pusan
Chinju
Imam
Pohang
Tthe
AFP
Jack Mac Beth
U. S
MacHeth
Tike
North Korea
Kim J. Sung
Kim
Associated Press
Gay
FBC
Shooting Star
Waegwan
Yongdok
Chonju
Yongju
U.S. Far East Air Forces
Wonsan
North K Korea
George E. Stratemeyer
FEAF
East Coast
James E. Till
Stillwater
Oklo
Yongja
Chanja
Bed Trong
Nakiong River
Tague
Far East
Yrom
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Waceawa
Rata
River Clyde
Lucy Ashton
Gaurock
Weatherirginia
Fort Knox
Robert Vec
L. King
Clarksburg
W. Va
King
Wisconsin
V.Y
Mexico Post
Walt
Department of Agric
James T. Mann
Teimei
Red Menace
Naksun River
TUKSC
Naktong River
Watgwan
Meeting of Carpenters’ Union
Moose
WCFC
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